The Saxon Savior: The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-century Heliand - Couverture rigide

Murphy SJ, G. Ronald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195060423 ISBN 13 : 9780195060423

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1990

Synopsis

This book is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of the Heliand, the 9th-century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is reexpressed in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poetic analogies through which familiar texts--the Nativity, the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer, the Passion and Resurrection--are transformed into Northern settings and concepts. The first book in English on the Heliand, this study offers a new socio-political explanation of the possible motives of the unknown Heliand author in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Heliand, a ninth-century Old Saxon epic verse retelling of the Gospel story is little studied today. This is the first detailed study of a unique masterpiece of early northern Germanic literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195060423
• ISBN 13: 9780195060423
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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